NOVEL NEXT Chapter 482: Slipping Away
Jiang Nian was momentarily stunned upon hearing that, but he couldn't be bothered to explain.
"If you say so, then sure."
With that, he handed them a bag of snacks.
"Huang Beibei and Zhang Ningzhi gave these. Don't just throw trash everywhere later, you've got a sponsored trash bag from me."
"Chi Shi, avoiding the topic, huh?" Li Hua pointed at him.
"If I really said it, you'd get upset again." Jiang Nian ignored him and asked Ma Guojun, "How come you guys are slower than me."
"Don't even mention it, ask Li Hua." Ma Guojun looked disdainful, "This guy is a bit pervy, ran off to carry Yu Zhiyi's chair."
"Hey! You bastard!" Li Hua shoved the big guy, "What's that got to do with helping a classmate?"
Ma Guojun: "..."
"Ignore him, let's go, let's go." Jiang Nian led Ma Guojun to the back. It's more comfortable sitting in the back at these events.
He stuffed an earbud in his left ear, listening to soothing English songs.
Zhizhi baby loves this kind of stuff, huh?
"Jeez, you wannabe rich-kid, you've started listening to music now?" Li Hua taunted, "Poser, what are you listening to?"
Jiang Nian wanted to say a girl gave it to him, but worried Li Hua would get agitated and freak out.
"My tastes are quite diverse, I can do Asian and Western music. Korean and Japanese songs are fine too, not too into anime music."
Li Hua, carrying a chair, moved backward with the group and rubbed his neck upon hearing this.
"Are you talking about songs?"
Ma Guojun couldn't keep it together, "Why does something sound off to me?"
The lineup was chaotic.
The pitch-black playground had lights flickering across faces. The noise was relentless; everyone was excited and laughing.
"Where's Tao Ran?"
"Holy crap, what did you bring down here?"
"Exam papers from the office; the classroom is locked." Tao Ran stood in the middle of the group, "Com'on, pass them back."
"Damn!"
"Class leader being inconsiderate! How frustrating!"
"Hey, what are you doing! I'm not doing exam papers; I'm here to watch girls dance!"
"What, there are exam papers?" Jiang Nian, when the time came, was thrilled and handed the bag of snacks to Li Hua to grab papers.
"Math papers, huh?" His mouth curled into a smile, feeling a bit tickled inside, "I'll do half of it later."
A few guys around, upon hearing this, their faces slowly turned stiff. From stunned to fearful, finally speechless turning to anger.
"In this pitch-black place, you say you want to do math papers?"
"Such a poser!"
Jiang Nian didn't care, giggling away. While distributing snacks, suddenly someone tugged his arm.
"Hmm?"
Chen Yunyun's hair was blown up by the night wind, a strand stuck to her lips, and she gave him a bag of snacks in front of everyone.
"This is for you."
"And this!" Wang Yuhe also handed him a small bag, "That bag was picked by Yunyun, this one by me!"
"Later, you have to tell us which tastes better!"
"Childish." Jiang Nian happened to be without snacks as he'd given them to Li Hua, accepted with, "Then thank you."
"Mm-hmm." Chen Yunyun, surrounded by people, felt a bit embarrassed too, "Then I'll... I'll go first."
Before leaving, she tucked something into Jiang Nian's hand.
He glanced down.
Hmm... another pair of Bluetooth earbuds.
Good things come in pairs, now truly doubled up. Except for the fact that the music in the left and right ears would be different; wearing them all might fry his brain.
Jiang Nian pondered for a moment and decided to alternate listening.
Perfect.
"You're such a beast!" Li Hua gritted his teeth, nearly shattering them, looking at the two bags of snacks in his hand, "You bastard!"
Liu Yang had just retreated from the front row and was quite shocked, eyeing with envy.
"Really, dude, you....."
"Hey, just lots of friends." Jiang Nian didn't bother explaining, no point anyway, "You know me, lots of friends."
Liu Yang looked frustrated, "That's supposed to be my line!"
...
Have to say, the school's New Year's Eve party is pretty high standard.
The female host wore a red gown, her snow-white long legs exposed to the cold air like two popsicles.
The boys from Class 3 were glued to the sight, gazing intently.
"Hiss!! Holy cow!"
"Who is she?"
"Holy crap, holy crap!" Ma Guojun was frantically circling around, taking off his glasses then putting them on, "Damn it, I can't see clearly!"
"Don't worry, I snapped a shot." Yang Qiming did, passing him the phone to look, "Here, over by the monkey bars, it's dark."
On the screen, a pair of youthful, alluring legs caught the eye.
Swoosh swoosh.
Yu Zhiyi sneaked away right after roll call, leaving the chair for Li Hua to help with while she headed back to the dorm for a gathering.
She passed by the back area, seeing Jiang Nian watching intently, ogling the pair of gorgeous legs, and couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Hehe, men.
Jiang Nian took note of Yu Zhiyi sneaking away like a big rat, glanced her way but didn't bother to greet.
Hehe, masochist.
Shortly after, Qianbao came along.
She first made her way to the girls in Class 2, laughing and joking away. Returning, her arms were loaded with snacks.
Arriving at Class 3, the girls naturally wouldn't be outdone.
They pampered Qianbao to no end, the older woman smiling throughout, adeptly networking, even pouting to act cute.
Jiang Nian couldn't bear to watch, stalked her as she made her way back, swiped a few snacks while she chatted with the guys.
Serious score!
"Hmm?" Qianbao turned with displeasure, "That's too much, Jiang Nian, what's with the pilfering!"
"How old are you, teacher, still eating snacks." Jiang Nian said, "I'm doing you a favor, snack dyes accelerate aging."
"Tch! None of your business!" Qianbao rolled her eyes and left with her snacks.
"Next up, let's welcome the sophomore year... bringing a dance..." The host's voice echoed across the sports field.
The stage upfront glittered with light.
"It's starting, it's starting!"
"Finally it's time for the dance, love watching pretty girls dance!"
A bunch of boys straightened up suddenly, some particularly excited guys stood up, blocking the view behind.
"Hey! Sit down!"
"Hogging it all to yourself, gonna smash you!"
Liu Yang was tall enough; even with the view blocked, he still saw fine. He moved closer, winking at Jiang Nian.
"Nian, you're a legend, even snatched the teacher's snacks."
"It's nothing; didn't you see Qianbao was happy too?" Jiang Nian gestured, "I was helping her out and didn't even get a 'thank you.'
"You're impressive!" Liu Yang was convinced.
Dance started, invigorating music filled the air, the performance on stage instantly became vibrant, a real thrill.
Amidst it all, screeches filled the air.
Li Hua watched while howling non-stop. After screaming for two minutes, he found it dull and started criticizing.
"Tsk tsk, wonder what the leadership's reaction would be."
Jiang Nian couldn't hold back, turned to him.
"Hua, you're truly something."
"Eating the food and then smacking the chef, only you could do this. Leaders are men too; how could they not like it?"
Li Hua was left speechless, muttering Chi Shi, Chi Shi.
"Though you have a point."
The dance stirred excitement at the party and next up was a singing performance.
Jiang Nian, having watched, was set to leave, gauged the time, and then patted Ma Guojun, giving him instructions.
"Anyway, I'm heading out."
"Where to?"
"Going home to do exam papers, life of a study master is like that." Jiang Nian said, "Remember to take my chair back."
Ma Guojun: "Exam nerd!"
He initially wanted to gripe, but thinking of the snacks Jiang Nian brought him.
"Alright, go ahead."
Jiang Nian chuckled, packed the two earbuds in his bag. Leaving the sports field, he sent a message to the class president.
"I'm out."
Li Qingrong replied instantly, "Wait for me."